Prevalence and Persistence of Misconceptions in Tree Thinking
Darwin described evolution as “descent with modification.” Descent, however, is not an explicit focus of most evolution instruction and often leaves deeply held misconceptions to dominate student understanding of common ancestry and species relatedness. Evolutionary trees are ways of visually depict...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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American Society for Microbiology
2016-12-01
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| Series: | Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education |
| Online Access: | https://journals.asm.org/doi/10.1128/jmbe.v17i3.1156 |